Thinking of having a place to filter down all the discussions on any topic in secret network. The secret telegram chat had 3000 new replies since checking it a few days ago. Nobody can keep up with that. We need to scale.
This channel is small now. If we want millions of users interacting with each other, this is not the way.
This was discussed btw. @pmuecke and me in the discord governance channel. Discord link here.
The problems:
The way governance works today is through a weekly meeting and discord chats. Those than get filtered down into a proposal which then is put to a vote. There is no real way of assessing if the approval will make quorum, even if most people would agree to it.
Also, any new user would need to get an account on discord, get onto the scrt channel, find the governance committee and try to find the discussions there. For anybody already inside the community, all the discussions are obvious, but when somebody comes from outside, itâs difficult to assess what is important and where to find info.
With hundreds of users this may work, but millions canât possibly share ideas during a one hour meeting. We need to be open and hear every idea, good or bad. We donât have to act on them, of course.
There is more to be said here, but letâs keep it short for now. Also, feel free to correct me, Iâm new here, but thatâs exactly why it is possible to see these issues.
The solution:
A webpage/social media platform on plain web2.0, that engages the community. Thinking of reddit, here. On reddit, every post has an upvote/downvote button. Most upvoted posts filter upwards, downvotes make them go down.
Basically, we need to re-create a reddit for scrt. We can call it scrit for now. It should be easy, there are open-source variants floating about.
Weâll probably allow only scrt stakers to create and up/downvote posts. This will take care of some of the spam, but moderators are a must, I would think.
Ideas at the top will be most likely to be accepted and voted in. Also, it can and should have a controversial tab â list posts by most upvoted/downvoted ratio, so that users can quickly see the counterarguments for any idea.
The exact mechanics of course need to be thought out.
This webpage can then easily shared at the voting page in Keplr. All a user needs to do is click, open scrit, and he can see the history of how and why this particular proposal has been introduced, and see the pros and cons easily.
Then he can submit an informed vote. (edited)
These are my initial arguments in favor of the idea. @pmuecke had some great input helping me to improve on the original.
@Drakinora also has some additional uses for this platform. The design team, validators, new L2s could all benefit from it.
Of course, funding needs to be discussed. There are costs involved, but it could also potentially be self-sustained. Iâm thinking tips/awards, etc. Reddit could serve as inspiration on this.
So, what do you think of this idea? How could your community use this platform? How could this streamline your workflow and save your time?